Sep 10, 2025 · Ask your grammar questions here, and also check out the recommended Chinese Grammar Wiki.

Feb 24, 2025 · So we created a Chinese Grammar Bank from complete beginner to HSK 5 level. I think HSK 4 and 5 need some more points though. Any suggestions for additional points that …

Sep 15, 2024 · As a fully paid-up member of the cult of Vivian Ling, I've been using this newish (2020) book to try to force myself to speak better Chinese. There are lots of 'advanced' …

May 26, 2003 · Or, for that matter, the grammar of any Indo-European language. Vocabulary is easy to remember if you can just break down the compound words, grammar is usually …

Posted January 31, 2020 at 07:42 PM According to this interesting table of formal vs informal function words at Chinese Grammar Wiki, 仍然 is more formal and 还是 (meaning "still", "yet") …

Jan 27, 2018 · Hi guys What is the correct measure word for "手机"? I have seen "部" and "支" and also "个" used. Are these all acceptable / correct? In particular, is it correct to use "个"? I'd …

Nov 26, 2006 · Modern Mandarin Chinese Grammar It doesn't have any exercises, but it's a great reference book. It's saved me a lot of time doing translations or straightening out areas that I …

Jun 2, 2016 · The native speaker I talked to said it should always be [positive phrase]+ (倒)是 + [positive phrase], but after I showed him " 俄倒是不饿，可是可以吃一点东西。", he was a little …

Jan 22, 2012 · The Grammar Wiki is my solution to the grammar part of this issue. But in developing this resource, I realized that there's no single resource on the entire internet which …

Nov 9, 2012 · As a chinese, I should say 有的 and 一些 mostly can be interchangable, but if you refer to some particular objects that you currently concentrate on, such as "Please go and buy …